Intermittent malfunction is a rare but potentially serious complication of prosthetic heart valve (PHV) replacement. It may be observed in both mitral and aortic valve prosthesis and may lead to either paroxysmal obstruction ...

Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a life-threatening complication in pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves. Thrombolytic therapy (TT) has evolved as an effective treatment alternative to surgery, which ...

Over the last two decades, thrombolytic therapy (TT) has become an alternative to surgery as a first-line therapy in patients with thrombosed mechanical valves [1, 2, 3]. In TROIA Trial, low dose (25 mg)—slow infusion (6 ...

To the Editor, We have read with great interest the article by Araiza-Garaygordobil et al. entitled “Thrombolytic treatment for acute prosthetic valve thrombosis: Is it better than surgery?” [1]. The authors reported a ...

A 42-year old male with known insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and otherwise unremarkable medical history presented with nausea, vomiting, and atypical chest pain for 2 days. His initial vital signs were remarkable for ...

We have recently read with great interest the article by Carneiro et al entitled “Fungal prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and endarteritis: An unusual cause of aortic root vegetations”.1 The authors reported a case of ...

We have recently read with great interest the article by Olcay (1) published in Anatol J Cardiol 2018; 20: 365-7. We appreciate the author for his report describing the concomitant left main coronary artery and mitral ...

Dear Editor, We have recently read with great interest the article reported by Poli et al. which was published in the last issue of International Journal of Cardiology [1]. We appreciate the authors for valuable contribution ...

Introduction: Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary intracardiac tumors. Although myxomas are histologically benign, they are potentially dangerous due to potential risk of systemic and cerebral embolism. In this ...

We have recently read with great interest the article reported by Cınar et al. which was published in the last issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis [1]. We appreciate the authors for their report describing ...